Françoise Cactus

byJeremy Allen
November 11, 2021

Anti-diva and all-round creative polymath, Stereo Total’s late Françoise Cactus caused something of a rumpus when, in 2004, she exhibited a life-size woollen sex doll… yup, you read that right

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Orbital, Glastonbury 1994

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Fifty Foot Hose

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It’s 1967, the Summer of love, and San Francisco’s Fifty Foot Hose are raising the roof in a makeshift venue with an equally makeshift box of tricks…

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The ILLIAC II

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Finitribe

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In 1989, Finitribe landed themselves in hot water with a provocative campaign to promote their ‘Animal Farm’ EP. Frontman Davie Miller relives the day the corporate lawyers came a-knocking

Françoise Cactus

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Jeremy Allen

Orbital, Glastonbury 1994

Terry Riley

Marvin Gaye ‘Sexual Healing’

Fifty Foot Hose

The ILLIAC II

Finitribe

Wayne Coyne

Ernest Berk

Adrian Sherwood

Electribe 101: Soul Survivor

To Infinity…

Soft Cell: Cell Shock

Baxter Dury: Dury Service

Richard H Kirk

Françoise Cactus

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